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"We have a bunch of rules now where it's really balanced."
Brooks said plenty of over50 players remain competitive, but some of them want more from the game than a competitive environment.
Everybody plays. "If 17 guys show up, we bat at all 17, so it's 100 percent participation," Brooks said.
Keeping things fun, and trying to keep things balanced, is a goal of the league, Brooks said.
More than 90 men of a certain age have signed up for the Anchorage Sports Association's newest, and oldest, division. So far there are five teams, with room for more if more people sign up.
"They didn't put any restrictions on it, so you could put together any team you wanted," he said. "At that time I was still playing men's A League and I had eight or nine men's A League guys on my team and we were playing guys who were 60 and 70 and in the E League.
The old ballgame will be tweaked for the old ballplayers, with rules like this:
No plays at the plate. There will be two home plates one that a pitcher throws to and another that a runner crosses. For a play at the plate, the catcher stands on the plate used for batting while the runner aims for the other one. If the catcher fields the throw before the runner crosses the other plate, the runner is out. This eliminates tags, potential collisions and the need to slide.
"With most of us, once you got to 40, unless you're a really, really good ballplayer, you were playing against 20yearolds and it just wasn't fun anymore," he said. "If you have a 50yearold outfielder and a 20yearold outfielder, who are you gonna pick?"
"We play to win," he said, "but it's more about who we're playing with and having a good time. That's what 50 is. There's a lot of camaraderie out there. I may pitch one game and then next I may (be the designated hitter). We want everyone playing and having a good time. And as soon as we're done we'll have our beverage and talk about how good we used to be."
Even in a game where the pitches are thrown underhanded, age can and does matter.
After hearing from about 90 men who wanted to play, the association decided to create five teams. Brooks said. Five coaches then drafted players for their teams. Once all the players who were known quantities had been drafted, names of the others went into a hat.
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Which is why nearly 100 guys have already signed up to play the newest game in town over50 softball.
No more than five runs per inning, which should limit blowouts and keep things fun for everyone.
As Anchorage's average age creeps up, the league is something whose time has come, said ASA softball director Donnie Brooks, who turns 59 in June.
Years ago, Anchorage Sports tried an over35 league but success was evasive because there was little parity, Brooks said.
Unlimited pinch runners. Called "courtesy" runners in softball, they must be on the roster.
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